Grand Tour of Southern France and Barcelona
Grand Southern France and Barcelona Tour with Pegasus Airlines
No Extra Tours - All Tours Included
Nice – Monaco – Cote D’azur – Antibes – St Tropez – Marseille – Aix-en-Provence – Montpellier – Narbonne – Carcassone – Girona – Figueras – Barcelona – La Roca Outlet Village – Gothic & El Born
Day 1 Istanbul – Nice - Monaco
Meeting in front of the Pegasus counter at the International Departure Terminal of Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport. After ticket, baggage, and passport procedures, departure to Nice at 11:15 with Pegasus Airlines flight PC1149. Arrival in Nice at 13:20. Following passport, baggage, and customs procedures, we begin our tour of the French Riviera upon arrival. First, after visiting the most beautiful bays, capes, and slopes of the Cote d’Azur region, we arrive at the Principality of Monaco; after touring the palace and its surroundings, we head toward Nice accompanied by views of Italy’s most beautiful coasts. Our Nice City Tour continues with the famous seafront promenade of Nice, the Promenade des Anglais. The Old Nice district, Massena Square, the Flower Market, and the Courthouse are among the places we will see. At the end of our tour, we provide free time. Overnight at our hotel in Nice or the surrounding area.
Lunch: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Dinner: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Accommodation: Le Floréal Hotel Vence etc.
Route: Nice, Monaco
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated 20:00 depending on road conditions
Day 2 Nice - Cote D’azur – Antibes - St. Tropez - Marseille
After having breakfast at our hotel in the morning, we set off. We will continue toward Antibes, one of the magnificent cities of the Cote d’Azur. After visiting the city, an important tourism center with its Old Port, Notre Dame Cathedral, and flower-adorned houses, we continue to Cannes and take a short city tour in Cannes, one of the most popular holiday destinations in the Mediterranean. After seeing the area where the famous red-carpet festival takes place, we head to St. Tropez, one of Europe’s most fashionable resort towns. Once a simple fishing village 150 years ago, the town became famous first through painters and artists, and later through famous filmmakers; here you can see the stores of many world-famous brands and the most popular restaurants. After our visit and free time here, we proceed to our hotel in Marseille. Overnight at our hotel in Marseille.
Breakfast: Will be taken at our hotel and is included in the tour price.
Lunch: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Dinner: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Route: Antibes – Cannes 11 km, Cannes-St Tropez 78 km, St Tropez – Marseille 134 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated 20:00 depending on road conditions
Day 3 Marseille - Aix-En-Provence - Montpellier
After breakfast at the hotel, we carry out our city tour in Marseille, the largest city in southern France and the second largest city in France after Paris. After visiting Marseille’s very beautiful and lively old port, Vieux-Port, where it meets the Mediterranean, La Canebière, the city’s liveliest and busiest street, and the old town of La Panier with its historic buildings and magnificent town hall, we give free time at Vieux-Port, the city’s most lively and touristic center. Then we set off for our next destination. Aix-En-Provence is a city founded by the Romans, with a history dating back to 123 BC, joined France in 1487, and became the capital of Provence. In this French city where the Mediterranean climate prevails, it is possible to see the sun 300 days a year. In the city that inspired the paintings of Cézanne and Picasso, the Four Dolphins Fountain, the Priests’ Fountain, Albertas and Cardeurs Squares, Saint Sauveur Cathedral, and Cours Mirabeau are among the places to be seen during our city tour. Leaving the streets of Aix-En-Provence filled with history and the scent of lavender, we move on to our next stop: Montpellier. Founded in 1181, Montpellier holds the distinction of being the first medical university in the Western world. We complete our day by visiting the Three Graces Fountain in Place de la Comedie, which has existed since the 19th century and dazzles with its craftsmanship, the elegant 1755 Opera House, the pleasant walking route Promenade du Peyrou, and the “Arc de Triomphe,” completed in 1691 and inspired by the triumphal arch in Paris. Overnight at our hotel in Montpellier or nearby at the end of the tour.
Breakfast: Will be taken at our hotel and is included in the tour price.
Lunch: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Dinner: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Route: Marseille – Aix En Provence 30 km , Aix En Provence – Montpellier 154 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated 20:00 depending on road conditions
Day 4 Montpellier – Narbonne - Carcassone
After breakfast at our hotel, we set off for the Narbonne & Carcassone Tour. Our first stop is Narbonne. After seeing the city located between Montpellier to the north near the Mediterranean coast and Perpignan to the south, we continue our journey and arrive in Carcassone. We tour the historic medieval city of Carcassone, listed by UNESCO, Europe’s largest fortress with a 3 km double-walled enclosure and 52 towers. We embark on a journey from the present into the past. After completing our tour through its ancient streets that you will never get tired of walking, we transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel in Carcassone or nearby.
Breakfast: Will be taken at our hotel and is included in the tour price.
Lunch: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Dinner: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Route: Montpellier – Narbonne 99 km , Narbonne-Carcassone 60 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated 20:00 depending on road conditions
Day 5 Carcassone – Girona – Figueras - Barcelona
After breakfast at our hotel, we set off for Barcelona. We will carry out the Girona & Figueras Tour. It begins with the city of Girona, the jewel of Northern Catalonia, founded at the point where the Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers meet. The region is historically very rich with works left behind by dozens of occupations and rulers since the Iberians. Since all structures were built of stone and have been very well preserved to this day, they perfectly reflect the spirit of the past. It is a favorite of tourists with its museums, churches, narrow cobblestone streets, and medieval walls. The Lion Statue, Cathedral Square, and the Jewish Quarter are among the places to be seen. After our tour, we set off for Figueras. The importance of this place is that the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí was born here in 1904. Dalí established a museum here to leave a mark on this place of his birth and exhibit his works. Today, this museum has the largest Dalí collection and is considered Dalí’s greatest work because every part of it was designed by Dalí himself. The museum contains more than 4,000 works by Dalí created using different techniques. At the end of our tour, we transfer to our hotel in Barcelona. Overnight at our hotel in Barcelona.
Breakfast: Will be taken at our hotel and is included in the tour price.
Lunch: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Dinner: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Route: Carcassone – Girona 209 km, Girona – Figueras 48 km, Figueras- Barcelona 146 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated 20:00 depending on road conditions
Day 6 Barcelona – La Roca Outlet Village
After breakfast at our hotel, we carry out our Barcelona City Tour. Among the places to be seen in Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain after Madrid and the capital of Catalonia, are La Sagrada Familia Church, the Christopher Columbus Statue, Montjuic Hill, La Ramblas Street, Spain and Catalunya Squares, Paseo de Gracia, Gran Via Street, the Bullring, and the Olympic Harbor. At the end of our tour, free time until the time determined by our guide. Afterwards, we visit La Roca Outlet Village, where stores of world-famous brands are located. Then transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel in Barcelona.
Breakfast: Will be taken at our hotel and is included in the tour price.
Lunch: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Dinner: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Route: Barcelona
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated 20:00 depending on road conditions
Day 7 Barcelona – Gothic Elborn Districts - Istanbul
After breakfast at our hotel, we set off for the Barcelona Gothic and El Born Districts Tour, which will take place. On this tour, during the walking tour we will carry out in the Gothic Quarter accompanied by our guide, we will embark on a journey through the beauties of historic Barcelona, whose past goes back 2,000 years. As we walk along La Rambla, we will see La Boqueria (the Covered Market) from the 19th century, then wander into the side streets and see the Augustus Temple, the Jewish Quarter, the Palace of the Barons of Barcelona, the Building of the Royal Archives of Aragon, the Gothic Cathedral of Barcelona, Bisbe Bridge, and Sant Jaume Square, among the places we will visit. Then we move to the El Born District, where we will see the Catalan Culture Center, which holds an important place in Catalan history and whose streets where the 18th-century Catalan revolts took place were uncovered through excavations, and the “people’s cathedral,” Cathedral Maria del Mar, which has been the subject of films. At the end of our tour, during the free time we will have at Passeig del Born, the center of bohemian life with its famous cafes and bars in El Born, you will have the opportunity to relax and taste the delights of Catalan cuisine. At the end of our tour, we transfer to the airport. After ticket, baggage, and passport procedures, departure to Istanbul at 16:20 with Pegasus Airlines flight PC1094. Arrival in Istanbul at 19:55.
Breakfast: Will be taken at our hotel and is included in the tour price.
Lunch: To be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by the guide.
Route: Barcelona
What's Included
✅ Pegasus Airlines round-trip economy class flight tickets with Istanbul – Nice, Barcelona – Istanbul
✅ Local transportation services
✅ Professional Turkish-speaking guiding service
✅ Accommodation with breakfast for 1 night in Nice or surrounding area, 1 night in Marseille, 1 night in Montpellier, 1 night in Carcassonne, and 2 nights in Barcelona in 3 or 4* hotels
✅ Customs duties
✅ Panoramic city tours specified in the program
✅ Airport taxes and service fees
✅ Nice city tour
✅ Monaco city tour
✅ Cote D’azur tour
✅ Cannes tour
✅ St Tropez tour
✅ Marseille tour
✅ Aix-en-provence tour
✅ Narbonne tour
✅ Carcassone tour
✅ Girona&Figueras (Dali Museum) tour
✅ Barcelona tour
✅ Gothic & El Born Neighborhoods tour
✅ La Roca Village Designer Outlet tour
✅ All highway checkpoint and parking fees
✅ Mandatory local guiding services taken in some cities
Not Included
❌ Museum and archaeological site entrance fees
❌ All personal expenses
❌ Tours organized by the guide
❌ City taxes
❌ Extra tours
❌ Lunch and dinner
❌ All excursions and tours not specified in the program.
❌ Optional driver and guide tips
❌ International departure tax
Museum Entrance Fees (Dali Museum), Monaco, Hotel Accommodation Taxes, Headphones, Tourist City Taxes and Local Guides per person: 150 EUR
INFORMATION
- During the tour, in order to be able to shop and spend money in all countries included in the program, it is sufficient to have Euros with us. In regions where the local currency is used, the guide will assist with currency exchange.
- During the trip, comfortable walking shoes or sneakers should be preferred. It is advisable to bring a cardigan or similar clothing for the night.
- On our tours, a rotation (seat change) system is applied daily in the seating arrangement, and fixed seats and front seat guarantees are not given. Seat changes are organized by the vehicle guide.
- When entering Turkey from abroad, there is a minimum 3-day accommodation requirement in order to bring goods (alcohol - cigarettes, etc.).
- Free shop shopping limit when entering Turkey from abroad: Cigarettes: 3 cartons, Alcoholic Beverages: 1 liter of alcoholic beverage (excluding alcoholic beverages containing more than 22% alcohol, wine and champagne), Alcoholic Beverages: 2 liters of alcoholic beverage (including alcoholic beverages containing less than 22% alcohol, wine and champagne), Perfume: 600 ml, Makeup or Skin Care Products: 5 items, Chocolate and Confectionery: 2 kg, Coffee: 1 kg, Tea: 1 kg
- During the tour program, guides may make changes to the flow of the program depending on weather and road conditions, provided that all places specified in the program are shown.
- Our guests who register for the tour have the right to cancel free of charge up to 30 days before. If there are fewer than 30 days until the tour date, a 30% penalty applies; if there are 20 days or less, a 100% penalty applies. Unfortunately, hospital reports, workplace leave documents, etc. issued by authorities in Turkey and submitted with a participant's cancellation request are not accepted for the cancellation of hotels and services they will receive outside Turkey.
- Our tour program is organized with a minimum participation requirement of 25 people. If sufficient participation is not achieved for the trip, the final cancellation notification date is 20 days before the tour departure. The tour canceled due to insufficient participation will be announced by Lidya Tour.
- In cases where only category information is given without specifying names in the tour program and/or there are options for the same destination, the hotel(s) will be announced by Lidya Tour 2 days before the trip departure.
- During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be used at distances exceeding the specified km. In such a case, information will be provided by Lidya Tour 15 days before the departure date of the tour.
- Triple rooms may be provided depending on hotel availability, and in such rooms the bed assigned to the 3rd person is smaller than standard beds. Triple rooms consist of 1 large bed + 1 extra bed. Since the extra beds are foldable and coach beds, tour participants are deemed to have declared that they accept the possible cramped conditions in the rooms and the bed type in 3rd person and/or child reservations. Child discounts are valid for one child only, staying with 2 adults and matching the relevant age group.
- Breakfasts included in the tour program services are served in accordance with the breakfast culture of the country visited and generally with a limited menu called continental breakfast, consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea or coffee, and may be served in a separate hall allocated to the group for groups.
- The panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours organized for the general introduction of the cities and carried out panoramically with guide narration from inside the vehicle, lasting at most 2-3 hours and not including museum or archaeological site entrances. Panoramic tours, including the other tours specified in the program, if they cannot be carried out on the day and time coinciding with the tour because local authorities do not allow visits or entry, or due to closed roads because of any event, or in cases where it becomes impossible to conduct the tour due to weather conditions, Lidya Tour is not responsible for the inability to perform the said tours. Some tours may be carried out by public transportation or on foot where possible at closed roads or points where vehicle entry is not allowed.
- During travel, waiting times at border gates crossed by road may exceed standards; Lidya Tour cannot be held responsible for any adverse situations arising from these waiting times.
- Extra tours are organized by the local service provider Lidya Tour with a minimum participation requirement of 20 people. If the required number is not achieved, the trips cannot be carried out, or extra tour prices, content, and the vehicle to be used may vary according to the number of participants. In addition, the days and times of the tours may be changed by the guide depending on the open/closed status of the museums and archaeological sites in the places to be visited and weather conditions.
- Extra tours are optional and not mandatory. Passengers who do not wish to participate in extra tours organized during the tour are deemed to have accepted waiting at a suitable rest facility on the route. These passengers are dropped off at a roadside rest facility before the extra tour begins and picked up from the point where they were dropped off after the tour is completed.
- For people participating in tours by plane, the check-in and boarding procedures to be carried out are personal procedures and must be completed by the guest before the flight at the relevant airline counters at the airport or online on the airlines' websites.
- Lidya Tour is not responsible for the inability of persons who are not present at the airport at the times announced by Lidya Tour for participation in the tour, who do not complete their check-in and boarding procedures on time, or who complete their check-in and boarding procedures on time but do not board the plane, to take the flight. The new round-trip plane tickets required for those who miss the plane to join the tour and all expenses related to their transfers in the region to be visited are their own responsibility.
- Lidya Tour is an intermediary institution between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the Hague Protocol of 28.09.1955. There may be a risk of delay on scheduled and special flights, or times may change before the existing trip and flight. Lidya Tour is obliged to notify these changes as soon as possible. The passenger has purchased the trip accepting the risk of schedule changes. Children aged 0-2 do not pay airport tax and airport service fees.
- The types of vehicles used in our tours are classified as follows according to the number of people. The vehicle types below are assigned according to the number of participants in each of our tours.
Bus: (Used for 25 - 46 people) *Mercedes Travego/Tourismo *NEOPLAN Cityliner/Tourliner -*Temsa Safir/Maraton *Man Fortuna
Midibuses: (Used for 17 - 24 people) *Isuzu Turkuaz , *Otokar Mega
Minibuses: (Used for up to 16 people) *Vw Volt , *Mercedes Sprinter
-All guests are deemed to have sold the tour by accepting the above-mentioned items.
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